Naqada

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This article is about the city in the Nomos Coptites. For the ancient capital of the Nomos Ombites, see Kom Ombo. For other uses, see Naqada (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Naqadeh, Iran.
Naqada
Naqada is located in Egypt
Naqada
Naqada
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 25°54′N 32°43′E / 25.900°N 32.717°E / 25.900; 32.717
Country Egypt
GovernorateQena Governorate
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3
S13iit
niwt
nbyt[1][2]
Era: Middle Kingdom
(2055–1650 BC)
Egyptian hieroglyphs

Naqada (Arabic: نقادة‎, romanized: Naqāda, Coptic: ⲛⲉⲕⲁⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ, romanized: Nekatērion,[3] Ancient Greek: Παμπανίς, romanized: Pampanís[2]) is a town on the west bank of the Nile in Qena Governorate, Egypt, situated ca. 20 km north of Luxor. It includes the villages of Tukh, Khatara, Danfiq, and Zawayda. According to 1960 census, it is one of the most uninhabited areas and had only 3,000 inhabitants, mostly of Christian faith[4] who preserved the Coptic language up until the 1950s.[5]

History and archaeology[]

Naqada stands near the site of a prehistoric Egyptian necropolis: The town was the centre of the cult of Set and large tombs were built there c. 3500 BCE.[6]

The large quantity of remains from Naqada have enabled the dating of the entire archeological period throughout Egypt and environs, hence the town name Naqada is used for the pre-dynastic Naqada culture c. 4400–3000 BCE. Other Naqada culture archeological sites include el Badari, the Gerzeh culture, and Nekhen.[citation needed]

Gallery[]

  • Sickle made of flint, Egypt, Naqada period, end of the fourth millennium BCE, Dagon Museum, Haifa

  • Acheulean hand-axe from Egypt. Found on a hill top plateau, 1400 feet above sea level, 9 miles NNW of the city of Naqada, Egypt. Paleolithic. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London

  • Black granite, seated statue of Sennefer with cartouche of Amenhotep II (Amenophis) on right arm. From the temple of Seth at Naqada, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London

  • Naqada I bone figure with lapis lazuli inlays (the inlays are a modern addition). British Museum

  • Evolution of Egyptian prehistoric pottery styles, from Naqada I to Naqada II and Naqada III

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Wallis Budge, E. A. (1920). An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary: with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. 2. John Murray. p. 1005.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Gauthier, Henri (1926). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques. 3. p. 84.
  3. ^ Ishak, Emile Maher (1975). The Phonetics and Phonology of the Boḥairic Dialect of Coptic and the Survival of Coptic Words in the Colloquial and Classical Arabic of Egypt and of Coptic Grammatical Constructions in Colloquial Egyptian Arabic. 1. University of Oxford. p. 164.
  4. ^ "Discrepancies between Coptic statistics" (PDF).
  5. ^ W. H. Worrell (1937). "Popular Traditions of the Coptic Language" (The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures ed.). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Rice, Michael (2003). Egypt's Making: The origins of ancient Egypt 5000–2000 BC. Taylor & Francis. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-203-42816-0 – via Google Books.

Coordinates: 25°54′N 32°43′E / 25.900°N 32.717°E / 25.900; 32.717

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